S4.E2

The Lying Detective

Episode aired Jan 8, 2017
TV-14
1h 29m

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Dark Comedy Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

Sherlock goes up against the powerful and seemingly unassailable Culverton Smith - a man with a very dark secret indeed.Sherlock goes up against the powerful and seemingly unassailable Culverton Smith - a man with a very dark secret indeed.Sherlock goes up against the powerful and seemingly unassailable Culverton Smith - a man with a very dark secret indeed.

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9.1/10

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Trivia
During Sherlock's outburst inside his room, his quotes were taken from William Shakespeare's "Henry V" ("The Life of King Henry the Fifth") inspired by Henry V himself. The entire quote can be found in "Scene I: France. Before Harfleur." This scene also contains the quote "The game's afoot!"

Goofs
When Sherlock examines the mysterious note, he notes that it is creased from being folded tightly and faded from being pinned to the wall, but the spot of dried blood is still red. Blood is only red when oxygenated, and a spot on a piece of paper would not stay red for very long. When blood is completely dry, it appears brown like rust.

Quotes
Sherlock Holmes: Taking your own life. Interesting expression. Taking it from who? Once it's over, it's not you who'll miss it. Your own death is something that happens to everybody else. Your life is not your own. Keep your hands off it.

Connections
Featured in The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards (2017)

Soundtracks
Hymn to Joy
Written by Ludwig van Beethoven

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Featured review

10/10

Clever! Absolutely Unpredictable

Brilliantly executed, well written, astonishingly well acted. Cumberbatch's acting was on point, as always, but was given a little bit more opportunity to display it. Toby Jones was as chilling as a Villain could be, leaves Magnussen jealous. A very good addition to the Sherlock Holmes list of villains. It is really quite dark, and at times makes you very uncomfortable, as promised. It left me quite puzzled. Comedic relief was also great, light headed, ironic humour as always. Brilliant lines for all the characters. Really loved the mind palace scenes. Overall clever. I can't complain. I'd say it is up there amongst the top three Sherlock episodes. I really hope the third one isn't a disappointment after this great episode, they've really set the bar high.